..This preliminary study offers a simple method for the measurement of facial imitation accuracy and supports the hypothesis that empathic functioning may utilise motor control mechanisms which are also used for emotional expression...

..While it seems clear that autism is associated with impaired development of embodied aspects of cognition, the ways that mirror neurons contribute to these brain-behavior links are likely to be complex...

..Behaviours such as hyperactivity and poor social cognition are common in preschoolers. An association between 2D:4D and these possible precursors of psychopathology would be most readily identified in this group...

..We hypothesise that ASD is characterised by abnormal development of these mappings. such that they are biased towards object-oriented tasks at the expense of those required for action imitation per se...

..No significant areas of increased white matter volume were found. Our findings support the hypothesis that reduced white matter volume in the corpus callosum and right hemisphere may play a role in the pathophysiology of ASD...

A voxel-based investigation of brain structure in male adolescents with autistic spectrum disorder

..The picture as a whole may reflect an abnormally functioning social cognitive neural network. We suggest that increased grey matter volume may play a pivotal role in the aetiology of the autistic syndrome...

Online corrections in children with and without DCD

Mandy S PlumbSchool of Psychology, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, Scotland, United KingdomHum Mov Sci 27:695-704. 2008

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Exercising attention within the classroom

Liam HillChild Health, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UKDev Med Child Neurol 52:929-34. 2010

..to investigate whether increased physical exercise during the school day influenced subsequent cognitive performance in the classroom...